Google Local Guides: New Points, Levels, Badging and Features

Local Guides points, levels & badges have gotten a makeover.

Check out the overview video.

New Local Guides Points

In the program revamp, higher impact contributions, like being the first to add a place on the map or leaving a review, earn more points.

• Review: 5 points per review
• Rating: 1 point per rating
• Photo: 5 points per photo
• Answer: 1 point per answer
• Edit: 5 points per edit
• Place added: 15 points per place added
• Fact checked: 1 point per fact checked

New Local Guides Levels

Points will be updated with the new changes. You may have even changed levels so make sure to change your current points and new level.

• Level 1: 0 points
• Level 2: 15 points 
• Level 3: 75 points
• Level 4: 250 points 
• Level 5: 500 points 
• Level 6: 1,500 points 
• Level 7: 5,000 points 
• Level 8: 15,000 points 
• Level 9: 50,000 points 
• Level 10: 100,000 points

With new levels come new badges for levels 4 through 10. These badges will appear next to profile photos for Local Guides on Google Maps and across Google channels.  

Additional information about the updates is available at Local Guides and Local Guides Connect.